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{{short description|Togolese footballer (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Serge Akakpo
| image          = Serge akakpo.jpg
| caption        = Akakpo with Žilina in 2012
| full_name      = Serge Ognadon Akakpo
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1987|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Lomé]], Togo
| height         = 1.79 m
| position       = [[Centre-back]]
| currentclub    = 
| youthyears1    = 2000–2004 |youthclubs1 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]
| years1         = 2004–2008 |clubs1 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre B]] |caps1 = 57 |goals1 = 0
| years2         = 2009–2010 |clubs2 = [[FC Vaslui|Vaslui]]  |caps2 = 18 |goals2 = 2
| years3         = 2010–2011 |clubs3 = [[NK Celje|Celje]]  |caps3 = 31 |goals3 = 3
| years4         = 2012–2013 |clubs4 = [[MŠK Žilina|Žilina]]  |caps4 = 51 |goals4 = 5
| years5         = 2014–2015 |clubs5 = [[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Hoverla Uzhhorod]] |caps5 = 30 |goals5 = 1
| years6         = 2015–2016 |clubs6 = [[1461 Trabzon]] |caps6 = 21   |goals6 =  0
| years7         = 2016      |clubs7 = → [[Trabzonspor]] (loan) |caps7 = 7   |goals7 =  1
| years8         = 2016–2017 |clubs8 = [[Trabzonspor]] |caps8 = 7   |goals8 =  0
| years9         = 2017      |clubs9 = [[Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor|Gaziantep BB]] |caps9 = 17   |goals9 =  0
| years10        = 2018      |clubs10 = [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]] |caps10 = 5 |goals10 = 0
| years11        = 2019      |clubs11 = [[Elazığspor]] |caps11 =  4   |goals11 =  0
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006 |nationalteam1 = [[France national under-17 football team|France U17]] |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2006–2007 |nationalteam2 = [[France national under-19 football team|France U19]] |nationalcaps2 = 5 |nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2008      |nationalteam3 = [[Benin national football team|Benin B]] |nationalcaps3 = 1 |nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2008–2017 |nationalteam4 = [[Togo national football team|Togo]] |nationalcaps4 = 58 |nationalgoals4 = 2
}}

'''Serge Ognadon Akakpo''' (born 15 October 1987) is a Togolese retired professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[centre-back]] for the [[Togo national football team]].

==Club career==
Akakpo began his career with [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]] after breaking through the youth academy, he made his first-team debut with Auxerre in July 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/stats/fj/FicheJoueur22617.html |title=La fiche de Serge Akakpo |accessdate=6 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228165001/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/stats/fj/FicheJoueur22617.html |archivedate=28 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/SergeAkakpo.htm|title = Privacyinstellingen op VI.nl}}</ref> Akakpo left Auxerre on a free transfer in January 2009 and moved to [[Liga I]] team [[SC Vaslui|Vaslui]] in Romania on a lucrative deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/akakpo-si-milisavljevici-au-fost-prezenti-la-reunirea-lui-fc-vaslui-117131.html|title = Akakpo şi Milisavljevici au fost prezenţi la reunirea lui FC Vaslui}}</ref> He subsequently had spells with [[NK Celje|Celje]] and [[MŠK Žilina|Žilina]] in Slovenia and Slovakia respectively.<ref name="Soccerway profile">{{cite news|title=Serge Akakpo profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/serge-akakpo/1423/|accessdate=2 February 2017|work=Soccerway|date=2 February 2017}}</ref> In 2014, Akakpo joined Ukrainian club [[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Hoverla Uzhhorod]]. He made 30 [[Ukrainian Premier League]] appearances for Hoverla before leaving.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/> Akakpo played for [[1461 Trabzon]] of [[TFF First League]] in 2015 before completing a loan move to [[Süper Lig]] team [[Trabzonspor]], after seven appearances the club signed him on a permanent contract.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/> On 31 January 2017, Akakpo joined Turkish second-tier side [[Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor|Gaziantep BB]].<ref name="Soccerway profile"/><ref name="Joined Gaziantep BB/Turkish league history">{{cite news|title=Serge Ognadon Akakpo profile|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=1823563|accessdate=2 February 2017|work=Turkish Football Federation|date=2 February 2017}}</ref>

==International career==
Akakpo has represented the [[Togo national football team|Togo national team]] since 2008, becoming captain on numerous occasions.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/> He played his first international game for Togo, on 10 September 2008, against [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] in [[Chililabombwe]]. Before representing Togo, he played for France at [[France national under-17 football team|U17]] and [[France national under-19 football team|U19]] level and also played one match for the [[Benin national football team|Benin B]] national team. In January 2010, Akakpo was one of the players involved when the Togo national team's [[Togo national football team attack|bus was targeted in a gunfire attack by rebels]] in Angola two days before the team was to play in the [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations]].<ref name="Togo attack">{{cite news|title=Togo government tells team to quit Cup of Nations|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8449611.stm|accessdate=2 February 2017|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 January 2010}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="Soccerway profile"/><ref name="NFT profile">{{NFT|27562}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Togo national football team|Togo]]
|2008||4||0
|-
|2009||7||0
|-
|2010||5||0
|-
|2011||7||0
|-
|2012||8||0
|-
|2013||8||0
|-
|2014||4||1
|-
|2015||6||1
|-
|2016||7||0
|-
|2017||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!58!!2
|}

:''Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akakpo goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Serge Akakpo<ref name="Soccerway profile"/><ref name="NFT profile"/>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 15 October 2014 || [[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]], Togo || {{fb|UGA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E|2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 4 September 2015 || [[El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium]], [[Djibouti City]], Djibouti || {{fb|DJI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A|2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
|}

==Personal life==
Akakpo also holds French nationality.

==Honours==
'''Žilina'''
*[[Slovak Super Liga]]: [[2011–12 Slovak First Football League|2011–12]]
*[[Slovak Cup]]: [[2011–12 Slovak Cup|2011–12]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Lequipe|22617}}
* {{FIFA|301525}}
* [http://www.foot-national.com/4294-joueur-football-Akakpo-Ognadon-Serge.html Serge Akakpo] at Foot-national.com
* {{RomanianSoccer|13/serge-ognadon-akakpo}}
* {{Soccerway|serge-akakpo/1423}}
* {{FFU}}
* {{Fortunaliga.sk|707-serge-ognadon-akakpo|Serge Ognadon Akakpo}}

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